iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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exheadteacher.bsky.social @exheadteacher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

We are currently banning mobile phones and locking iPads back in their charging units. Yet, at the same time, we’re preparing to invite AI chatbots into classrooms to "tutor" our most vulnerable pupils. 🚩 Does this "course correction" actually make sense? 🧵 1/4 #EduSky #AcademicSky #AI #Safeguarding

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Just curious who’s here. It was quite active a couple of years ago, but I don’t see much from my network now. I know @grahamstanley.bsky.social and @joedale.bsky.social are here, which is great. Anyone else?

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Graham Stanley @grahamstanley.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

@sophiamav.bsky.social about to spill the beans about #AI & #writing

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Haven’t been on here in months. Who’s still around?

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Excited to be speaking at the Online Iatefl #LTSIG Open Forum about addressing AI bias. It’s time to move the conversation beyond shiny AI tools and focus on helping students engage more critically with AI. 📅 22 Feb, 2-4pm UK time Free but need to register 🔗 www.iatefl.org/events/653 #AIEdu #ELT

Poster for the iatefl ltsig open forum on a session to be held on 22 Feb 2025 online titled: beyond the algorithm. Empowering a critical perspective on AI bias.

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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"The trick of finding writing time is to make writing time in the life you've already got. That's where you've got leverage. Stop imagining some other life as a "real" writer's life". - Julia Cameron #WritingSky #AcademicSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Great advice about academic publishing. And it extends to other measurable end-of-year targets too. Rushing to “tick the box” before the holidays may lead to burnout, not quality. A rested brain in the new year will probably bring better ideas and better results. #AcademicSky #wellbeing

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I’ve been giving this more thought and am currently flirting with the idea of moving to #Substack. I have a self-hosted website where I used to blog, but my host provider has become overly expensive. Right now I mainly use it as a portfolio for edu clients to see my work and contact me (1/2)👇🏻

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Su-ming Khoo @sumingkhoo.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

😱💔 horrible to see what is happening to our friends and colleagues in UKHE. Some of the hardest working, good people I know. It just keeps getting worse and worse.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Starter pack with #ELT #TESOL #appliedlinguistics peeps to follow. You can follow individuals or the whole list. Add a comment with your bluesky handle if you want to be included. Hopefully organisations will be migrating here 🦋 as well. go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

New Cambridge Element free to read+download for 4 weeks! A useful read for understanding plagiarism in L2 writing, although I’d expected more on how digital & postdigital landscapes challenge notions of originality & authorship. cup.org/3VAOyO9 #TESOL #AcademicSky

The cover of a new Cambridge Element publication
titled Investigating Plagiarism in Second Language Writing by Jun Lei & Guangwei Hu

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Kat Paz 🐾 @kmetzpaz.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Clearly we needed this word.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Wrapped up to the max for my daily walk today. 6°C but feels like -1 according to my weather app! I’m not a cold weather person, but I love the crisp fresh air and the warmth of my cosy house waiting for me after ☕️🔥 #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK

A selfie taken from a low angle showing a person wearing a thick hooded coat lined with fur, smiling against a backdrop of bare winter trees and an overcast sky. The person looks warmly wrapped up for a cold day.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

There’s a lot of truth in this. COVID was a collective trauma we were never given time to process. Instead, we snapped back to ‘normal’ even though things are far from normal. In education, the load hasn’t lightened, it keeps growing, and every new challenge adds to it. #EduSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I know I need to write today, but I just can’t seem to get going. Yesterday was a disaster writing-wise (though otherwise, it was a lovely day) #AcademicSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Serving as internal assessor for a PhD student’s annual review. Ready to get started 👩🏻‍💻

Me sitting at my office desk ready to start a meeting.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Please don’t ask students to cite AI outputs. It’s problematic and makes no sense. AI has no epistemic authority. It’s just generating strings of words based on probabilities. Acknowledging AI use is one thing, but citing it is entirely different. #academia #AIEdu #AcademicSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Taking time off with your family is never something to regret. It’s what keeps you grounded. The to-do list will always be there, but recharging with loved ones gives you the energy to tackle it. One thing that helps me: prioritise just one or two tasks for the day and let the rest wait #EduSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Realised Lost is on Netflix, so I’ve started rewatching it (first watched it in 2008). Not entirely sure how 2024 me will feel about it, but it’s fun revisiting the nostalgia. Kind of like how BlueSky reminds me of the old Twitter days. Anyone else rewatching it? #nostalgia

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ealdominicb.bsky.social @ealdominicb.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@sophiamav.bsky.social has created an ELT Starter Pack go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I feel blessed to be able to work from home. It actually boosts my productivity, not the opposite. I’m also grateful to work in a culture where I feel trusted and not monitored. But… 👇🏻1/2 #WFH #AcademicSky #EduSky

A four-panel comic showing a video call between a boss and employees:
1. The boss says, “Everyone should come back to the office now!”
2. The employees reply, “Why? Productivity hasn’t dipped. We’re saving commute time.”
3. The employees ask, “Why do you want us to come back to the office?”
4. The boss responds, “So that I can monitor you better.”

Illustration highlights workplace tensions around remote work and trust.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Going for a walk won’t solve everything, but it’s hard to think of a problem that feels worse after a good walk🚶🏻‍♀️ #DailyWalks #Leicester #UK

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Correct. And some don’t even realise they lack the confidence (or skills) to challenge AI’s persuasive tone.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

@helenagalani.bsky.social hey Helena 👋🏼. I’ve added you to the starter pack.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@warschauer.bsky.social hi Mark! Good to connect here. I’m not active on Twitter anymore.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

"money has flowed to tech giants and others in their orbit... [and] raises an uncomfortable prospect: that this supposedly revolutionary technology might never deliver on its promise of broad economic transformation, but instead just concentrate more wealth" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

bloomberg.com

ChatGPT’s $8 Trillion Birthday Gift to Big Tech

Two years in, generative AI’s value to the world is still unclear. But these charts show that it’s been a bonanza for the largest tech firms.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Yesterday, I overheard an MA student explain a tricky concept to their coursemate about language teaching approaches vs methods. I couldn’t help but smile in the background 😊. It reminded me why peer learning is so powerful #tesol #elt #EduSky

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New Cambridge Element “Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange” free to read and download for 4 weeks! Grab you copy if interested👇🏻 cup.org/49bUouD #tesol #appliedlinguistics #language

cup.org

Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange

Cambridge Core - Applied Linguistics - Intercultural Communication in Virtual Exchange

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hey all, do you use #AltText in your images? On BlueSky, you can turn on an ALT text reminder in your accessibility settings and it won’t let you post without it. Because accessibility matters 💙. See screenshot + useful guide below👇🏻 #AltTextChallenge #EduSky

A screen shot of BlueSky accessibility settings that reminds users to use ALT text to describe the pictures they use.

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ealdominicb.bsky.social @ealdominicb.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

This is from @sophiamav.bsky.social go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Enshittification - the gradual deterioration of a service or product - has been named Word of the Year by Macquarie Dictionary. If words are coined because we need them, what does this say about our times? #language #edtech www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883076...

canberratimes.com.au

'Enshittification' selected as word of the year

The Macquarie Dictionary has chosen "enshittification" - a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services...

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Very interesting guide positioning refusal to GenAI as a disciplinary and principled response. While I may not agree with all their arguments, I absolutely welcome the critical stance and refusal they advocate. We need more voices to counter the narrative that AI is inevitable. Any thoughts? #AIEdu

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The plane into Luton made two super bumpy attempts to land - being tossed around by the wind. Then circled above the airport for over an hour before finally diverting to Stansted. Now waiting for the buses to take us back to Luton, but honestly, we’re just glad to have our feet on solid ground!

A coffee from Costa cafe and the airport terminal in the background.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Genuine question: why do people choose Substack to write their articles instead of their own blog? The interface is clean and attractive but wouldn’t you want your own space? A third-party platform can change its terms whenever it wants. Maybe there are pluses I’m missing? #writing #blogging

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

@iatefl.bsky.social welcome! I’ll add you to this starter pack go.bsky.app/L9JMNA6

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I love the analogy of the bird 🐦 transforming into a butterfly 🦋. It captures exactly how I feel about the migration here: beautiful, free, and bright like the blue sky #EduSky

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Leon Furze @leonfurze.com · 20/11/2024

The “efficiency” narrative around AI in education is driven by more complex factors than meeting a student’s need for feedback. When you save time on assessment, how will your time be re-purposed? #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu

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Tom Mullaney @tommullaney.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Sure enough, Common Sense Media has watered-down its ChatGPT review (www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/c...). I have some somewhat scathing quotes from their October 2023 ChatGPT review (before their partnership with OpenAI) in this post (www.criticalinkling.com/i/143961697/...). #EduSky

commonsensemedia.org

ChatGPT AI Product Review

A powerful, at times risky chatbot for people 13+ that is best used for creativity, not facts. Read Common Sense Media's ChatGPT review, rating, and privacy guide.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Good reminder! Please, consider using Camel Case when you use hashtags - capitalise the first letter of each word (e.g., #EduSky). It improves readability for everyone, including users who rely on screen readers for accessibility.

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Sophia Mavridi @sophiamav.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Bluesky user count hits 20 million, with 8 new users joining every second 🎉. Great to see the academic community growing here on this decentralised place. It’s like stepping back into 2008 Twitter, only more mature 😂 #nostalgia bcounter.nat.vg #eduSKY

screenshot showing 20.086.738 users on bluesky

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